Grain Belt Brewery founder Frederick Noerenberg created Noerenberg Gardens on the north shore of Lake Minnetonka, just outside of Minneapolis, first planting a grove of Scotch pine and Norway spruce that reminded him of his native Germany.
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The 75-acre Schnormeier Gardens in central Ohio is a monument to the unexpected. Along with a Chinese pavilion, there's a Japanese zigzag bridge over a pond with Australian black swans.
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Celia Thaxter's Garden is on an island 10 miles off the coast of Portsmouth, N.H. The 19th-century poet fashioned the garden, saying it gave her "perfect happiness.
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Framed by spectacular sea views and tended by volunteers and staff from the nearby Shoals Marine Laboratory, Celia Thaxter's Garden is only 750 square feet, but it's filled with colorful annuals such as red poppies and blue love-in-a-mists.
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Built on the site of an old sand mine, the 143-acre Hamilton Gardens in Hamilton, New Zealand, is like a trip around the world. There's an Indian walled garden with a carpet of Persian roses, dianthuses, sweet williams, zinnias, and more.
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Hamilton Gardens also features an American modernist garden with a kidney-shaped pool and a mosaic of Marilyn Monroe.
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